ABSTRACT

JHANEAH MAE M. APAREJADO, JOYZEL L. ARENDELA, PAUL JERICHO

V. DEL ROSARIO, JOSHUA C. GUILLEN and MARCK NIÑO B. PASCUAL.
Biogas Production through Anaerobic Digestion of Cattle Manure. A Research Study
Submitted to the Senior High School Department of the La Vlaize Integrated Science
School- Naic Campus, Naic Cavite. March 2018. Adviser: Ms. Joice Ann G. Gresos

The aim of this study is to explore what type of biomass are good at making

biogas. It sought to determine the significant difference between the amounts of biogas

produced by each type of biomass and find out the most efficient type of biomass in

biogas production.

The statistical treatment used was One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to

find out the significant difference between the amounts of biogas produced by each type

of biomass. The types of biomass that were investigated: cow manure by itself, cow

manure with vegetable peelings, cow manure with mashed banana and cow manure with

the combination of vegetable peelings and mashed banana. To figure out how much

biogas each biomass, empty soda bottles were filled with these different types of biomass

and were sealed with a balloon. The inflation or circumference of the balloons were

measured in inches over seven days of observation.

Results showed that there was significant difference between the amounts of

biogas produced by each mixture of biomass (α= 0.05; F(3,8)= 31.51 > 4.07; H0 is

rejected). Cow manure with vegetable peelings, produced the most biogas with a mean

score of 12.5 cm, followed by cow manure with mashed banana and cow manure with

vegetable peelings and mashed banana, with the mean score of 11.3 cm and 8.6 cm
respectively. Pure cow manure doesn’t show biogas production over the course of seven

days of observation.

There was significant difference between the amounts of biogas produced by each

type of biomass. Cow manure with vegetable peelings was the type of biomass that

produced the most biogas followed by cow manure with mashed banana and cow manure

with vegetable peelings and mashed banana. Pure cow manure doesn’t show biogas

production over seven days of observation. Based on the findings and conclusion, the

researcher would like to recommend the use of other manure in anaerobic digestion such

as swine, chicken and/or human manure, make another type of biomass where the

vegetable peelings and mashed banana are separated, consider different factors in biogas

production such as temperature and test the digestate as fertilizer in the growth of plants.